No country for old bats

[dvandom]

Saw my first dead bat inside Cardwell Hall today. We normally see a few bats every year, clinging to the corner between wall and ceiling or fluttering about, but this is the first time I saw one just sitting on a step. In fact, the first time I saw it (I was doing laps for my morning exercise) I thought it was an abandoned glove or something. Bat + Floor isn't something I'm used to, so it didn't even register. But on the second lap I realized it was a bat, and that it hadn't moved in reaction to my proximity...sure, it could've been asleep, but I figured it was probably dead. So I pulled out my cell and called facilities, who came by during my fifth lap and took the carcass off for disposal. Poor little bat.